Shelby Bradford, PhD

Shelby Bradford, PhD

Assistant editor at The Scientist

Shelby is an Associate Editor at The Scientist. She earned her PhD in immunology and microbial pathogenesis from West Virginia University, where she studied neonatal responses to vaccination. She completed an AAAS Mass Media Fellowship at StateImpact Pennsylvania, and her writing has also appeared in Massive Science. Shelby participated in the 2023 flagship ComSciCon and volunteered with science outreach programs and Carnegie Science Center during graduate school.

Articles by Shelby Bradford, PhD

Illustration of a scientist at a high-containment laboratory. He is dressed in a Tyvek suit with a helmet respirator for being in the BSL-3 and is unpacking a box of lab supplies.

Career Chat: Directing a New Science Path

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

Two scientists look at microscopy data, and one thinks about her own images.

Right Protein, Wrong Pattern

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 2 min read

Photograph of a black and white mosquito standing on a water surface, where its reflection is visible.

Excess Lipids Keep Dengue at Bay

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 2 min read

Photograph of the end of a tattoo gun and pots of different colored ink on a napkin.

FDA Found Anaerobic Bacteria in Sealed Tattoo Inks

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

3D rendering of a transparent human torso to show the lungs and bronchiole structures in them.

Prenatal Inflammation Makes Mice Susceptible to Asthma

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

Image from infographic showing how ultrasound waves improved motility in sperm.

Sperm Speed Up with Ultrasound

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 1 min read

Beata Mierzwa, a postdoctoral researcher at University of California San Diego and the founder of Beata Science Art, poses for a photograph holding a print of one of her science illustrations. She has bright blue hair and is wearing leggings from her microscopy print design that features blue and green and red and blue cells.

Finding Beauty in Biological Spaces

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

Electron microscopy image of Marburg virus false-colored red.

Viral Research Gets Batty to Study Spillovers

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

Two agar plates are shown. The one on the left shows black sporulating fungi, while the one on the right has white fungi reproducing without spores.

Bacteria Sink in Their TALons to Control Their Host

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 2 min read

Fluorescence microscopy image of the brain and nasal cavity roof, with blood vessels, microglia, and nuclei labeled.

Studying the Brain During Fungal Infections just got a Whole Lot Clearer

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

Illustration of cells either being sorted into tubes from a cell sorter or going into a waste container from a flow cytometer.

What’s the Difference Between Flow Cytometry and FACS?

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 2 min read

3D Illustration of a DNA molecule breaking apart into red pieces.

Mitochondria May Have Been Wrongly Accused in DNA Damage

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

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